Decode your genes

Are You Worried About Pre-Mature Wrinkling?

Do you know:

1 in 3 people have a genetic variation that predisposes their skin to accelerated collagen breakdown leading to premature wrinkling.

Effects on skin:

Premature wrinkling

Ageing

Sagging of the skin

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Collagen is the principle structural protein of the skin. Like other components of the body, collagen undergoes continuous turnover. It’s produced and recycled on an ongoing basis throughout your life. During young age, your body makes more collagen than it loses, but as you grow older, collagen loss can accelerate. This leads to a decline in the health and appearance of your skin.

Our genes contain the information about the speed of collagen production and breakdown. The Skingene ™ Test can help identify if you are a carrier of key genes associated with accelerated collagen loss – even before the signs have become visible.

Is Your Skin Prone To Acne?

Do you know:

1 in 2 people are genetically predisposed to reduced genetic protection against Glycation.

Effects on skin:

Acne

Rosacea

Dryness (Eczema)

Wrinkles

Skin Laxity

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Glycation is like caramelization of the skin from the inside out. Here’s how:

Glucose is the sugar that our body uses as its main source of fuel. If not metabolized properly, glucose binds to the skin’s collagen and elastin fibres, forming abnormal chemical bridges that cause tissue damage. This process, called glycation, causes the skin to become rigid and lose elasticity. It also impairs the skin’s ability to regenerate, leading to skin laxity, cracking, thinning, redness, and inability to repair itself.

Our genes play a big role in determining serum glucose levels. Skingene ™ helps determine variations in this gene that can alter your body’s ability to maintain normal glucose levels and interfere with energy metabolism, both of which leads to glycation.

How Much Is Your Skin Susceptible To Damage?

Do you know:

1 in 2 people are genetically predisposed to reduced skin Antioxidant protection.

Effects on skin:

Dull, Lifeless, Aged Complexion

Discoloration, Blotchiness and Uneven Skin Texture

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Similar to rust appearing on the metal of a car, free radicals causes significant damage and impairment to skin cells.

Free radicals are highly reactive short lived molecules that can damage virtually any molecule in our body including the skin. This kind of free radical damage leads to the generation of even more free radicals! It’s a chain reaction that can wreak havoc in every layer of the skin – including the Hypodermis, Dermis and the particularly vulnerable epidermis.

Your Skin’s Natural Defence:
We often hear about antioxidants being found in foods like fruits and berries, and dietary supplements like vitamin C, but the world’s most powerful antioxidant is not in a fruit or berry, it’s found in your very own body! Superoxide Dismutase and Glutathione peroxidise are two of the most powerful antioxidant molecules available within the human body. The higher the levels the less prone we are to the destructive effects of free radicals.

Not all people have the same amount of these powerful free radical scavengers. A number of skin related genes have been found to alter the production of antioxidant protecting molecule. Your Skingene ™ score is the single most powerful indication of your body’s genetic Antioxidant abilities.

How well is your skin inherently protected from Sun damage?

Do you know:

2 in 5 people have a genetic variation that affects their skin’s defence against Ultra Violet (UV) Rays.

Effects on skin:

Pigment Changes (Age Spots, Brown Spots, Freckling)

Texture Changes (Coarse Wrinkling and Yellow Discoloration)

Blood Vessel Changes (Broken Capillariesand Telangiectasia)

Skin Bumps (Kerasotes)

Skin Cancer

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Exposure to UV light from the sun accounts for nearly 90% of the symptoms of early skin aging, skin damage, and skin cancer. The cumulative effect of repeated sun damage causes epidermal DNA damage, persistent inflammation, and oxidative stress, negatively affecting the health and appearance of your skin. Sun damage often take years to surface and when they do, it’s usually too late.

A person’s genes determines how well his or her skin can naturally cope under the strains of the sun. The Skingene ™ Test can reveal if your skin has a greater or lesser natural genetic solar protection.

Effects on skin:

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Do you know why your skin becomes sensitive in the winter? Or why it breaks out in the heat? How about developing skin rash or rosacea after applying perfumes or skincare products? Many of these redness and sensitivity issues are caused by your body’s first primal defence – inflammation.

For the skin too, inflammation is your body’s short-term immune response for healing and countering infection and foreign substances like germs, bacteria, allergens, and toxins. Without inflammation the skin would not have the ability to protect itself or heal.

Excessive inflammation is one of the most common themes in early onset skin aging. While it is a helpful response in the short term, if inflammation continues on-going, it can play a negative role. Often subtle, the signs include skin sensitivity, redness and irritation.

The regulation of inflammation and sensitivity concerns are largely controlled by your genes. Skingene ™ identifies whether you are at risk of too much inflammation production that can result in unnecessary trauma to skin cells.